Emma Hayes insists Chelsea Women can handle WSL title pressure
The 2021/22 Women’s Super League (WSL) title run-in looks set to go right down to the wire, with a two-way duel between Chelsea and Arsenal. With just four games apiece remaining in the campaign, Emma Hayes’ Chelsea find themselves a point clear at the top of the table.
The Blues have been at their clinical best in recent weeks. They swept past second-bottom Leicester City with a 9-0 hammering and followed that up with another comprehensive 5-0 victory against mid-table Reading to keep title rivals Arsenal at arm’s length. Boss Emma Hayes believes her squad are thriving under the pressure of claiming a third straight WSL championship. In fact, Hayes said her squad would “rather be in the position where something’s within [their] control” as opposed to Arsenal’s current position, who could yet win all four of their remaining WSL fixtures, and still miss out on the title.
Should The Blues’ succeed in holding off Arsenal’s stiff pressure to win the WSL this year it would be an impressive feat, and display of unrelenting consistency. However, it would be difficult to compare it with some of the biggest achievements in English football. Little compares to Leicester’s miraculous title…
